Dr. Kerstin R. Wiesner

Curriculum vitae

Since	08/2011	Local project coordinator, Biodiversity Exploratory Hainich, Technische Universität München, Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Chair for Terrestrial Ecology, headed by Prof. Dr. W. W. Weisser
08/2007-	07/2011	Scientific employee, BIOLOG Diva-Jena, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institute for Ecology, workgroup multitrophic interaction, headed by Prof. Dr. W.W. Weisser
09/2005-	05/2006	Research work in the project ‘The impact of artificial bats roosts on forest regeneration’ in Costa Rica headed by Dr. Detlev Kelm of the Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin
10/2004-	06/2005	Project coordinator in the project ‘Niche plasticity of bats’ in Ecuador headed by Dr. Christian Voigt of the Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin
08/2003-	12/2004	Diploma Thesis in the zoological major of the project ‘The impact of artificial bats roosts on forest regeneration’ of the Institute Zoology 2, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, under the direction of Prof. Dr. von Helversen
08/2001-	08/2002	Exchange student of ‘Wilderness management’ on the Sokrates- Erasmus program in Norway (Academy in Hedmark/Evenstad)
11/1998-	03/2005	Study of Landscape Ecology and Nature Conservation at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald

Research interest

My present studies on a single herbivorous insect species as a model organism throw light on the role of oligophagous lifestyle in terrestrial ecosystems in maintaining biodiversity, at a local, regional and landscape scale. The main emphasis of my present research is: 

• Population genetic of Chorthippus parallelus
• Interaction between C. parallelus and its host plants
• Interaction between small herbivores

Projects

Management - Biodiversity Exploratory Hainich, DFG-Project SSP 1347 Biodiversity Exploratories

Publications

2014

Nitschke, N., K. Wiesner, I. Hilke, N. Eisenhauer, Y. Oelmann, and W. W. Weisser. 2014. Increase of fast nutrient cycling in grassland microcosms through insect herbivory depends on plant functional composition and species diversity. Oikos DOI:10.1111/oik.01476. PDF

Wiesner, K. R., J. C. Habel, M. M. Gossner, H. D. Loxdale, G. Köhler, A. R. R. Schneider, R. Tiedemann and W. W. Weisser. 2014. Effects of habitat structure and land-use intensity on the genetic structure of the grasshopper species Chorthippus parallelus. Proceedings of the Royal Society Open Science 1: DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140133. PDF

2011

Loxdale, H. D., G. Schöfl, K. R. Wiesner, F. N. Nyabuga, D. G. Heckel, and W. W. Weisser. 2011. Stay at home aphids: comparative spatial and seasonal metapopulation structure and dynamics of two specialist tansy aphid species studied using microsatellite markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 104:838-865. PDF

Wiesner, K. R., H. D. Loxdale, G. Koehler, A. R. R. Schneider, R. Tiedemann, and W. W. Weisser. 2011. Patterns of local and regional genetic structuring in the meadow grasshopper, Chorthippus parallelus (Orthoptera: Acrididae), in Central Germany revealed using microsatellite markers. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103:875-890.

2005 - 2011

Wolters, V., S. Hotes, W. W. Weisser, K. Wiesner, W. Bleeker, and J. Vorwald. 2010. Das BIOLOG Europa Forschungsprogramm. In: Fokus Biodiversität, Hotes S, Wolters V. (Hrsg.), oekom, München, 38-46.

Köhler, G., and K. R. Wiesner. 2010. Kryptische Reliktpopulation des Gemeinen Grashüpfers, Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt), im Erzgebirge? – Genetische und wald-geschichtliche Argumente. Articulata 25:151-166.

Pfautsch, S., A. R. R. Schneider, K. R. Wiesner, W. W. Weisser, and R. Tiedemann. 2009. Nine new microsatellite markers for the meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus). Molecular Ecology Resources 9:1375-1379.

Kelm, D. H., K. R. Wiesner, and O. von Helversen. 2008. Effects of artificial roosts for frugivorous bats on seed dispersal in a neotropical forest pasture mosaic. Conservation Biology 22:733-741.

Rex, K., D. H. Kelm, K. Wiesner, T. H. Kunz, and C. C. Voigt. 2008. Species richness and assemblage structure of three neotropical bat assemblages. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 94:617-629.

Hermanns, U., H. Pommeranz, H. Schütt, and K. Wiesner. 2005. Erstnachweis einer Wochenstube des Kleinabenseglers, Nyctalus leisleri (Kuhl, 1817), und Mitteilung weiterer Funddaten für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Nyctalus 10:276-287.

Talks and Poster

Wiesner, K. R., G. Köhler, H. Loxdale, and W. W. Weisser. 2010. Populationsstruktur bei Chorthippus parallelus – ein Ergebnis von Anpassung und Siedlungsgeschichte? - Vortrag zur 11. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopterologie, Mainz, März 2010.

Nitschke, N., K. R. Wiesner, Y. Oelmann, N. Eisenhauer, I. Hilke, S. Scheu, W. Wilcke, and W. W. Weisser. 2010. Plant diversity  and insect herbivory effects on nutrients in throughfall. Research presentation at ESA (Ecological Society of America) - Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, USA 2010

Köhler, G., and K. R. Wiesner. 2010. Der Gemeine Grashüpfer, Chorthippus parallelus (Zetterstedt) – ein Glazialrelikt im Erzgebirge? - Vortrag zur Tagung der Sächsischen Entomologen, Wehlen, Oktober 2010.

Rex, K., C. Voigt, D. Kelm, K. Wiesner, and T. Kunz. 2006. How many bat species can coexist in Neotropical rainforests? Species richness and structure of phyllostomid bat assemblages. Poster presentation – ESA Annual Meeting, Memphis Tennessee 2006.